Hauser, Andreas
In: architectura, 33 (2003), pp. 189-216
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Abstract
The political symbolism in the work of the architect Gottfried Semper can be best recognised in his town hall projects. He considered the town hall to be a Commission of the greatest significance, worthy of being designed as a dominant town architectural element. Only one of his town hall plans was ever realised: the one in Winterthur, near Zurich in Switzerland. With forms borrowed from classical antiquity, it is a special case among historicist town hall buildings. Designed to serve as a programmatical building for a democratic reform movement, Semper endowed it with the characteristics of a national monument and a miniature parliament.
Document type: | Article |
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Version: | Secondary publication |
Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2023 09:41 |
Faculties / Institutes: | Research Project, Working Group > Individuals |
DDC-classification: | Arts Landscaping and area planning Architecture |
Controlled Keywords: | Semper, Gottfried, Ikonologie, Politik, Rathaus, Historismus, Tempel, Geschichte 1800-1900 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gattungsgeschichte Architektur, Architekturtypologie, Politische Ikonologie, Stilikonologie |
Subject (classification): | Architecture Artists, Architects |
Countries/Regions: | Germany, Switzerland, Austria |